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and baseless accusations leveled against governor romney, the obama campaign has reached a new low. so here's the question. is this a manufactured controversy or sincere outrage. mark and dylan. welcome. >> good to be here. >> the obama campaign issued a response on the heels of the romney campaign. here's what they said. for months, speaker boehner, congressman ryan and other republicans have called for the unshackling of the private sector from regulations that protect americans from risky financial deals. we find the romney campaign's outrage over the comments today hypocritical. and the campaign is right on that point. here's what they're referring to. >> what we needed was to liberate the economy from the shackles of washington. >> so, fair point? >> listen, i'm a big boy. i understand politics, and i understand rhetoric in politics. i think it's a little disingenuous to say this is full outrage. i think the real question would be if this comment had been made by someone other than a democrat, particularly the vice president of the united states, would they be afforded the same
and baseless accusations leveled against governor romney, the obama campaign has reached a new low. so here's the question. is this a manufactured controversy or sincere outrage. mark and dylan. welcome. >> good to be here. >> the obama campaign issued a response on the heels of the romney campaign. here's what they said. for months, speaker boehner, congressman ryan and other republicans have called for the unshackling of the private sector from regulations that protect americans...
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. >>> thanks for joining the conversation this week and "your money." >>> 4:00 on the eeskt. thank you for joining us for joining us. i'm susan hendricks. for the next hour, cnn will help you figure out where the candidates stand on the issuings, we will tell you how mitt romney and obama will tackle those key challenges. >>> a deadly avalanche sweeps through at least 12 camps in nepal today. the eighth highest mountain in the world. a rescue pilot says at least 11 people are dead. an entire camp reportedly swept away. now rescue efforts are now on hold until tomorrow because of bad weather there. we are told that ten people survived and others who were injured have been air lifted to local hospitals. some skiers and over 200 foreign mark mark mark mark mark market -- >>> pakistan's prime minister says his nation believes in nonviolence after the death threat. this man seen her, a government minister says he will pay $100,000 for the death of the maker of the movie. he has invited the taliban and al qaeda to assassinate the producer. some muslim leaders are calling for calm.
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plan, next week the united states supreme court is also expected to hold hearings on the obama health care plan. mitt romney has been campaigning against it, saying it all to be repealed, ought to be replaced. the problem is when he was the governor of the state of massachusetts, he put something in that was very similar. now let's listen to how mitt romney has been framing the attack. >> this presidency has been a failure. and at the centerpiece of this failure is this piece of legislation back here, obamacare. i say that for many reasons. one, you note that the white house is not celebrating obamacare today. they don't have any big ceremony going on, the president's not giving speeches on obamacare and that's for a reason. most americans want to get rid of it and we're among those americans. i want to get rid of it, too. >> the main issue is that romney health care plan essentially included the so-called individual mandate that compels citizens to pay for health insurance which the obama health care plan also has. romney makes the case, interestingly enough and i think this is the i
plan, next week the united states supreme court is also expected to hold hearings on the obama health care plan. mitt romney has been campaigning against it, saying it all to be repealed, ought to be replaced. the problem is when he was the governor of the state of massachusetts, he put something in that was very similar. now let's listen to how mitt romney has been framing the attack. >> this presidency has been a failure. and at the centerpiece of this failure is this piece of...
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before president obama took the oath of office. it did predict that a $785 billion stimulus, might hold unemployment to 8%. but this was just an assessment and not a hard and fast prediction. and president obama never said it. and then there's newt gingrich that put out a statement today on the jobless numbers. he makes a pledge almost daily on the campaign trail. >> i am suggesting to you that somewhere around $2 to $2.50 the oil companies make enough money to develop enough oil supplies that we are independent and we keep the price down to a level you can afford. >> keeping them honest, it's simply a promise that no president of either party has ever been able to keep. that said, there's plenty to hold the president accountable for without resorting to stretching the truth. the jobless picture is improving, but it's hardly good. let's talk about raw politics. i talked to robert reich. mr. secretary, adding new jobs is obviously a good thing, there's still millions of people out of work, the president is certainly not out of the w
before president obama took the oath of office. it did predict that a $785 billion stimulus, might hold unemployment to 8%. but this was just an assessment and not a hard and fast prediction. and president obama never said it. and then there's newt gingrich that put out a statement today on the jobless numbers. he makes a pledge almost daily on the campaign trail. >> i am suggesting to you that somewhere around $2 to $2.50 the oil companies make enough money to develop enough oil supplies...
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. >> when president obama makes the state of the union speech next week, would you like to see him do that kind of speech? a direct message to people. we know times are tough. we know unemployment figures are very, very high. we know people are suffering, but the first thing americans should be doing right now is self starting, getting back on their feet, finding ways to make a living, doing the entrepreneurial thing that you did? >> i don't want to tell president obama how to make a speech, he is a much better speech maker than i am. i think always to tell the truth is the best approach. let the american people know the facts as expressed to them very clearly and concisely and inspirationally by the president is very good. we need to be told the truth. we are now approaching $15 trillion in debt. if we do everything we are supposed to do in a few years we will be $20 trillion in debt. there is a way to balance, cutting back on expenditures with increased economic opportunity for american people to take advantage. people are set together. i think he will make a good impression. >> how
. >> when president obama makes the state of the union speech next week, would you like to see him do that kind of speech? a direct message to people. we know times are tough. we know unemployment figures are very, very high. we know people are suffering, but the first thing americans should be doing right now is self starting, getting back on their feet, finding ways to make a living, doing the entrepreneurial thing that you did? >> i don't want to tell president obama how to make...
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a bit republican leaning in 2008, obama won by a smaller margin than did he nationally but this week it's held very close to the national average which means if you win ohio, then probably you'll have won the popular vote in most of the other swing states anyway so you're in good enough shape. but ohio might be a sufficient victory condition for obama. it is very hard for a republican to win without that state. >> what about florida? >> so florida's another state that that i a must-win, i would say, for romney. has so many electoral votes. florida is a state where it usually leans a bit republican but if you see polls showing obama tied or ahead in florida, then you have to say that he's the favorite nationally. >> so you've crunched all these numbers. have you put any money on the election? >> i don't. i think it would be kind of a conflict of interest to bet and i have my reputation on the line. we try and articulate what we think and look at it from as many angles as possible. but we do have obama as a favorite right now. in fact, his numbers have been going up in the past week to
a bit republican leaning in 2008, obama won by a smaller margin than did he nationally but this week it's held very close to the national average which means if you win ohio, then probably you'll have won the popular vote in most of the other swing states anyway so you're in good enough shape. but ohio might be a sufficient victory condition for obama. it is very hard for a republican to win without that state. >> what about florida? >> so florida's another state that that i a...
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we'll take you there live as soon as president obama begins speaking. the president's speeches put him on a world stage six weeks before election day. the words have major implications for the race and foreign policy. i want to bring in elyse labott. he said in finding a resolution to the nuclear crisis with iran, time is not unlimited. the president is facing troubles with his positions on that area. what were the points he hit on? >> if you look at his main critics being prime minister nettnet nett nettenyahu and mitt romney, they're look for the red line on iran. how far does iran have to go before the u.s. would get involved militarily. the president says it's a difference of opinion between the israelis and the united states. the united states has sard, i'm not going to let iran get the bomb. the president said, if they go assemble a nuclear weapon, that is a red line for me. president netanyahu says iran cannot have the no-how and technology. that's a red line for him. it's a difference of opinion. the prime minister is looking for the president t
we'll take you there live as soon as president obama begins speaking. the president's speeches put him on a world stage six weeks before election day. the words have major implications for the race and foreign policy. i want to bring in elyse labott. he said in finding a resolution to the nuclear crisis with iran, time is not unlimited. the president is facing troubles with his positions on that area. what were the points he hit on? >> if you look at his main critics being prime minister...
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good luck next week. >> thank you, piers. >>> coming up, a star-studded new video from the obama campaign. i'll talk to the award-winning director who made it, david guggenheim. [ male announcer ] this is the network -- a living, breathing intelligence teaching data how to do more for business. [ beeping ] in here, data knows what to do. because the network finds it and tailors it across all the right points, automating all the right actions... [ beeping ] ...to bring all the right results. it's the at&t network -- doing more with data to help business do more for customers. ♪ to help business do more for customers. weight loss programs can be expensive. so to save some money, i just got the popular girls from the local middle school to follow me around. ew. seriously? so gross. ew. seriously? that is so gross. ew. seriously? dude that is so totally gross. so gross...i know. there's an easier way to save. geico. fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more. lemon burst, blackberry harvest, pina colada... i can't imagine where she is... orange creme... [ grocery store pa ] clea
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here. >> what did you thinke benghazi hearings this week? a lot of republicans getting very exercised about the chronology here, trying to find blame. democrats saying look, this is the fog of war, mistakes were clearly made, but to pillory ambassador rice, for example, is going too far. what do you think? >> well, we don't -- there's no real crime, there's no identified corruption here. it may just be either inadequate policy, miscommunication, but it does need to be explained. it's not something that can be swept under the rug and again, it goes to that root issue, what's our policy in libya. is it the right policy, does it make sense. i suspect all of this is going to be excavated at some point. i thought the president, when susan rice was being picked on as she continues to be picked on, he said kind of come at me, i'm the guy you should deal with, and i suspect the republicans are going to take him -- that challenge. >> i think you're right. let's turn to the fiscal cliff. your book "the price of politics" deals with this in some detail
here. >> what did you thinke benghazi hearings this week? a lot of republicans getting very exercised about the chronology here, trying to find blame. democrats saying look, this is the fog of war, mistakes were clearly made, but to pillory ambassador rice, for example, is going too far. what do you think? >> well, we don't -- there's no real crime, there's no identified corruption here. it may just be either inadequate policy, miscommunication, but it does need to be explained....
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president obama has sewed up the -- surged in the polls this week, and republicans have been quick to figure out the problem. mitt romney. peggy noonan said his rolling campaign has been a calamity. shouldn't it puz puzzle us that romney's campaign is so incompetent, given his reputation for, well, competence. after all he founded one of the leading firms, turned around the salt lake city olympics and was a very successful governor. how did he get so clumsy so fast? in fact, the problem is not romney. but the new republican party, given the direction it has moved and pressures from the extreme, powerful elements, any nominee would face the same challenge. can you be a serious candidate for the general election while not outraging the republican base? fox news anchor brit hume refused to dwell on romney's economic policies he would put in place. why wouldn't mitt romney fluent in economics explain his economic policy? because any sensible answer would cause a firestorm in his party. it's obvious with a deficit of more of 7% of gross domestic product, any solution to our budgetary probl
president obama has sewed up the -- surged in the polls this week, and republicans have been quick to figure out the problem. mitt romney. peggy noonan said his rolling campaign has been a calamity. shouldn't it puz puzzle us that romney's campaign is so incompetent, given his reputation for, well, competence. after all he founded one of the leading firms, turned around the salt lake city olympics and was a very successful governor. how did he get so clumsy so fast? in fact, the problem is not...
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behind the romney/ryan tukt and there's pressure on the president now t wrap up his game for the three-week sprint to election day. let's bring in our correspondent, we're getting reaction to the vice presidential debate, more comments coming in. but the president has his mission cut out for him right now. dan? >> he really does. we just have to look back to right after the debate where the president turned up his volume, strongly aggressively going after his gop opponents. but what we saw this week at the university of miami on thursday at a big rally there was the president even turning up the volume a bit more. attacking mitt romney for what the president says was his changing position on a whole host of issues, including taxes. take a listen. >> he's trying to go through an extreme makeover. after running for more than a year in which he called himself severely conservative, mitt romney is trying to convince you that he was severely kidding. >> i was talking to a senior campaign official about the tone of the president's rally and this official telling me it's like the president with hi
behind the romney/ryan tukt and there's pressure on the president now t wrap up his game for the three-week sprint to election day. let's bring in our correspondent, we're getting reaction to the vice presidential debate, more comments coming in. but the president has his mission cut out for him right now. dan? >> he really does. we just have to look back to right after the debate where the president turned up his volume, strongly aggressively going after his gop opponents. but what we...
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it may be more aggressive than we saw this time than president obama last week. maybe he'll bring up the 47% and bain capital. stay tuned, suzanne. >> tell us a little bit about that debate that happened not with the real guys, but fox news's bill o'reilly and comedy central's john stewart facing off over the weekend. >> yeah. i think this was a little more entertaining than the one we saw last wednesday. these guys dent have the burden of running for president, but enough of me. let's take a listen. >> mike is here in the audience sxfshgs he asked this question. if you could see any american elected president, who would you choose and why? >> i would say clint eastwood have to be my guy. >> well, why don't we ask him. so, um -- what? tell them to do what? >> that was one of the lighter moments. you know, there was some serious parts to this debate. both gentlemen talked policy, and i think, though, the american viewers were the winners in that debate, suzanne. >> absolutely. thank you, paul. you can watch the vice presidential debate right here on cnn. joe biden
it may be more aggressive than we saw this time than president obama last week. maybe he'll bring up the 47% and bain capital. stay tuned, suzanne. >> tell us a little bit about that debate that happened not with the real guys, but fox news's bill o'reilly and comedy central's john stewart facing off over the weekend. >> yeah. i think this was a little more entertaining than the one we saw last wednesday. these guys dent have the burden of running for president, but enough of me....
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before president obama took the oath of office. it did predict that a $785 billion stimulus, might hold unemployment to 8%. but this was just an assessment and not a hard and fast prediction. and president obama never said it. and then there's newt gingrich that put out a statement today on the jobless numbers. he makes a pledge almost daily on the campaign trail. >> i am suggesting to you that somewhere around $2 to $2.50 the oil companies make enough money to develop enough oil supplies that we are independent and we keep the price down to a level you can afford. >> keeping them honest, it's simply a promise that no president of either party has ever been able to keep. that said, there's plenty to hold the president accountable for without resorting to stretching the truth. the jobless picture is improving, but it's hardly good. let's talk about raw politics. i talked to robert reich. mr. secretary, adding new jobs is obviously a good thing, there's still millions of people out of work, the president is certainly not out of the w
before president obama took the oath of office. it did predict that a $785 billion stimulus, might hold unemployment to 8%. but this was just an assessment and not a hard and fast prediction. and president obama never said it. and then there's newt gingrich that put out a statement today on the jobless numbers. he makes a pledge almost daily on the campaign trail. >> i am suggesting to you that somewhere around $2 to $2.50 the oil companies make enough money to develop enough oil supplies...
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we do have -- we do have obama as a favorite right now. in fact, his numbers have been going up in the past week to about 70%, 75%. the reason being that romney -- >> 75% chance of him winning, correct, not that he would get 75% -- >> yeah. no. he certainly won't get 75% of the vote. there's a good chance he will win a close election. 70% chance that he will win by some margin in the electoral college, probably a small one. >> thank you very much, nate. keep doing the great work you're doing. >>> up next, a big, fat greek fire sale. i'll explain. we're sitting on a bunch of shale gas. there's natural gas under my town. it's a game changer. ♪ it means cleaner, cheaper american-made energy. but we've got to be careful how we get it. design the wells to be safe. thousands of jobs. use the most advanced technology to protect our water. billions in the economy. at chevron, if we can't do it right, we won't do it at all. we've got to think long term. we've got to think long term. ♪ we've got to think long term. we've got to think long term.
we do have -- we do have obama as a favorite right now. in fact, his numbers have been going up in the past week to about 70%, 75%. the reason being that romney -- >> 75% chance of him winning, correct, not that he would get 75% -- >> yeah. no. he certainly won't get 75% of the vote. there's a good chance he will win a close election. 70% chance that he will win by some margin in the electoral college, probably a small one. >> thank you very much, nate. keep doing the great...
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prices nearly doubled under president obama. but economists both liberal and conservative point out a key reason why the prices were low when the president took office. the recession. people drove less, flew less. demand lowered. "business week" crunching numbers reports that domestic oil production is at its highest level in eight years. however, some of that production was approved before president obama took office. important to note that. oil imports are down as well. critics including the american petroleum institute claims it is slow in new drilling leases and permits which can impact future production. in any case, experts we've spoken to say there's not much this president or any president can do to effect gasoline prices. the price of gasoline depends on global demand. the price also spikes up when rogue nations like iran make threatening noises and the middle east erupts. it rises because the american economy is growing again. just yesterday president obama tried to call out his critics. >> there are no silver bullets
prices nearly doubled under president obama. but economists both liberal and conservative point out a key reason why the prices were low when the president took office. the recession. people drove less, flew less. demand lowered. "business week" crunching numbers reports that domestic oil production is at its highest level in eight years. however, some of that production was approved before president obama took office. important to note that. oil imports are down as well. critics...
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before obama took the oath of office. it did predict that a $775 billion stimulus might hold unemployment to 8%, but it wasn't a steadfast prediction, not a promise. bottom line, mr. obama never said it. and then newt gingrich put out a statement on the jobless numbers and pivoted to a promise of $2 .50 a gallon for gasoline. >> i have a suggestion to you that somewhere around $2 to $2.50, the oil company is making up money to develop enough oil supplies that we're independent in the least and we keep the price down to a level you can afford. >> as appealing as it sounds, it's simply a promise no candidate or party could ever keep. the top has plenty to hold the president accountable to without resorting to stretching the truth. the jobless numbers are improving, but they're hardly good. let's get to economics with robert rice, the author of "aftershock" also gop strategist rich galen. adding new jobs is good. there's still millions of people out of work. the president is not out of the woods, right? >> no, there's still
before obama took the oath of office. it did predict that a $775 billion stimulus might hold unemployment to 8%, but it wasn't a steadfast prediction, not a promise. bottom line, mr. obama never said it. and then newt gingrich put out a statement on the jobless numbers and pivoted to a promise of $2 .50 a gallon for gasoline. >> i have a suggestion to you that somewhere around $2 to $2.50, the oil company is making up money to develop enough oil supplies that we're independent in the...
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maine caucus is tomorrow night. >> it's been going on for a week. >> president obama will release his budget on monday. do you have some advance information about the numbers? >> that's right, we do. the numbers are out for his budget for 2013 and we have the numbers. pretty interesting what you see in there and also what you don't see, john. we'll get to the bottom line much that. also pretty amazing and pretty sad depressing number it's been in this country that we've not had a budget which is part of reason we keep downgrading. breaking news on syria. >> erin we'll see you in a few minutes. >> still ahead, sill vef -- sylvester stallion and arnold schwarzenegger, side-by-side in hospital beds. we'll tell you what they were doing. you don't want to miss this. imagine if you could always see life [music] in the best light. every time of day. outdoors, or in. transitions® lenses automatically filter just the right amount of light. so you see everything the way it is meant to be seen. maybe even a little better. experience life well lit, ask for transitions adaptive lenses. have 46 gr
maine caucus is tomorrow night. >> it's been going on for a week. >> president obama will release his budget on monday. do you have some advance information about the numbers? >> that's right, we do. the numbers are out for his budget for 2013 and we have the numbers. pretty interesting what you see in there and also what you don't see, john. we'll get to the bottom line much that. also pretty amazing and pretty sad depressing number it's been in this country that we've not...
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this week's new book of the week is "the new new deal" by michael green wa grunwald. had president obama read this book he would have been better able to defend his policies with mitt romney. now for a last look, many huj fund managers have reputations for ordering on a women, fancy cars, planes, and houses but one hedge runner has an today for this almost 4,000 ton argentine sovereign warship. he doesn't have request. it's a court order. ite mess than 200 crew have been ordered hd in begghana's point f tina. why? just a matter of a $1.6 billion debt. the fund went to the ga nan courts to ask them to seize the ship reportedly worth only about $15 million and the court did so. the next problem perhaps how do you convert a warship to a luxury yacht? the correct answer to our gps challenge question was d, the
this week's new book of the week is "the new new deal" by michael green wa grunwald. had president obama read this book he would have been better able to defend his policies with mitt romney. now for a last look, many huj fund managers have reputations for ordering on a women, fancy cars, planes, and houses but one hedge runner has an today for this almost 4,000 ton argentine sovereign warship. he doesn't have request. it's a court order. ite mess than 200 crew have been ordered hd in...
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. >> years or months or it could be weeks. it is a different tlesh hold than what the obama administration has laid out when you look carefully at what the president said at the general assembly, the most recent remarks on iran's nuclear program, he said the united states will not allow iran to have a nuclear bomb. i am paraphrasing to a certain degree. the word capability was not there. you did hear it from the israeli prime minister and today you're hearing it once again from mitt romney. mitt romney has been vague. he has gone back and forth on the issue of capability and sometimes he says it and sometimes he doesn't. today he is very cat goral in saying in a romney administration iran would not be able to have that capability of building a nuclear bomb which is significantly different than the threshold laid out by the president. >> and let's talk about syria which has been somewhat of a thorn in the side of this current sitting american president, and mr. romney, governor romney's view of syria, there was something in the
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." >>> israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu gave president obama a gift in washington this week. it was a copy of the book of esther which tells the tale of a benevolent king who saved the jewish people from an enemy who wished to destroy them. a persian enemy. not very slgts. where does the conflict end? i have an excellent banal to buck that much more where daniel levy, brett stevens, of course, the foreign affairs columnist for the "wall street journal", rula jab ril is an israeli-arab journalist who has worked as an anchor woman, and elliott abrams was national security advisor in george w. bush's administration. so elliott, tell us what you think netanyahu took back from his visit to washington? what do you think -- how did he read the mood and what did he tell his cabinet when he went back? >> i think he would have read the desire on the part of the president that he not bomb iran, but i don't think things changed much during the visit. he knew that it was the president's view. certainly in the public discourse, the president did not offer him much more than he had previous
." >>> israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu gave president obama a gift in washington this week. it was a copy of the book of esther which tells the tale of a benevolent king who saved the jewish people from an enemy who wished to destroy them. a persian enemy. not very slgts. where does the conflict end? i have an excellent banal to buck that much more where daniel levy, brett stevens, of course, the foreign affairs columnist for the "wall street journal", rula jab...
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on the left is a member of president obama's homeland security advisory council. on the right is hillary clinton. now, we learned late last week that both have received threats since being named. now, some top republicans have been raised. >> allegations about the reports from which they are drawn are nothing less than an unwarranted and unfounded attack on an honorable citizen, a dedicated american and a loyal, public servant. >> now, the bachman 5 web site claims to connect in a following very convoluted way. the web site alsz makes allegations against her brother and mother. now, as a top aid to the secretary of state, ms. abadine has a security clearance and has undergone extensive background checks. mr. abriari was cleared by security officials when the allegations first surfaced months ago. now, last fall, he was given an award for his extraordinary contributions in specific cases in support of the counter terrorism mission. we have looked into it and the f.b.i. has looked in to it and found no credible evidence. >> nor have colleagues provided credible evid
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good luck next week. >> thank you, piers. >>> coming up, a star-studded new video from the obama campaign. i'll talk to the award-winning director who made, david guggenheim. p what factors led you to buy your explorer. definitely the ecoboost option. what's pretty amazing is that you can get the fuel economy of a car in an suv. that basically did it for us. and the technology... oh, my goodness, the technology is amazing. everything is touch. you can actually talk to the car and it talks back to you. what have your friends said about your explorer? can we drive it? can we borrow it? what's your answer? no. no way. uh uh. (laugh) without the stuff that we make here, you wouldn't be able to walk in your house and flip on your lights. [ brad ] at ge we build turbines that power the world. they go into power plants which take some form of energy, harness it, and turn it into more efficient electricity. [ ron ] when i was a kid i wanted to work with my hands, that was my thing. i really enjoy building turbines. it's nice to know that what you're building is gonna do something for the world. w
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." >> you certainly could say the general election campaign began this week when republican candidate rick santorum declared "the race is over for me." now that mitt romney's toughest challenger is out of the picture, romney and president obama are taking direct jabs at one another. let's bring in our senior correspondent, joe johns. romney, it's his race, he's the challenger. he moved to the right during this campaign, the primary season, but now presumably he's got to move a little closer to the center. >> it does sound that way certainly, wolf. it's been a very good week for mitt romney. now it's up to him and his staff to keep it going. we've essentially entered the general election phase of the 2012 campaign with lightning speed thanks to social nemedia d controversial remarks by romney's wife anne by political strategist hillary rosen. recent polls show mitt romney running behind president obama with women voters by double digits. the question is how can he close that gap? of course, wolf, that is a huge question and moving back to the middle presumably would be at least part of
." >> you certainly could say the general election campaign began this week when republican candidate rick santorum declared "the race is over for me." now that mitt romney's toughest challenger is out of the picture, romney and president obama are taking direct jabs at one another. let's bring in our senior correspondent, joe johns. romney, it's his race, he's the challenger. he moved to the right during this campaign, the primary season, but now presumably he's got to...
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, 52%, president obama. that's an important caveat. look at the lead that president obama had over john mccain in 2008 in july, it went away in over a month, and the president ended up winning. these polls can switch rather dramatically. so what do you think? is obama's lead safe? >> no. i don't think anything in american politics is safe. you've got any number of things that can go wrong. having said that, romney -- his summer looks like that sinkhole in assumption parish you just showed. it's been awful from the tax returns to the trip to britain to everything you can imagine. this guy's just had a awful summer. n he turn it around? sure. but right now if i'm a republican i'm pretty disgusted with the way this thing has gone, i'll be honest with you. it's pretty remarkable. and the president it looks like starting around memorial day he sort of got his mojo back and these guys have run a tough effective campaign so far. i don't know, there's no way that this thing is anything close to being put away. >> so
, 52%, president obama. that's an important caveat. look at the lead that president obama had over john mccain in 2008 in july, it went away in over a month, and the president ended up winning. these polls can switch rather dramatically. so what do you think? is obama's lead safe? >> no. i don't think anything in american politics is safe. you've got any number of things that can go wrong. having said that, romney -- his summer looks like that sinkhole in assumption parish you just...
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the latest pew poll conducted after last week's debate puts romney firmly in the lead of president obama, 49 to 45. in the same poll in september, the president had a 51-43 lead. romney seems to be gaining ground with women. in a moment, i will ask polling guru nate silver what it all really means. meantime, a newly energized candidate romney is wasting no time pressing his advantage, today hitting the president with tough talk on foreign policy, including the deadly attack on americans in libya. >> this latest assault can't be blamed on a reprehensible video insulting islam, despite the administration's attempts to convince us of that for so long. no, as the administration has finally conceded, these attacks were the deliberate work of terrorists who use violence to impose their dark ideology on others, especially on women and girls who are fighting to control much of the middle east today and who seek to wage perpetual war on the west. >> joining me now, a man who knows quite a lot about mitt romney's views on all this, norm coleman, advisor to the romney campaign on foreign policy and
the latest pew poll conducted after last week's debate puts romney firmly in the lead of president obama, 49 to 45. in the same poll in september, the president had a 51-43 lead. romney seems to be gaining ground with women. in a moment, i will ask polling guru nate silver what it all really means. meantime, a newly energized candidate romney is wasting no time pressing his advantage, today hitting the president with tough talk on foreign policy, including the deadly attack on americans in...
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good luck next week. >> thank you, piers. >>> coming up, a star-studded new video from the obama campaign. i'll talk to the award-winning director who made, david guggenheim. which would render retirement planning unnecessary. but say the sun rises on december 22nd and you still need to retire, td ameritrade's investment consultants can help you build a plan that fits your life. we'll even throw in up to $600 when you open a new account or roll over an old 401(k). so who's in control now, mayans? let me get that door for you... [ man ] i loved my first car... sometimes the door gets stuck... oh sure. ooh! [ man ] ...and then, i didn't. um... [ sighs ] [ man ] so, i got a car i can love a really, really long time. [ male announcer ] for the road ahead, the all-new subaru impreza. ♪ experience love that lasts. and most importantly, its lobster. it's the tastiest, the sweetest, the freshest. nobody can ever get enough. [ male announcer ] it's lobsterfest at red lobster, the one time of year you can savor 12 exciting lobster entrees like lobster lover's dream or new maine lobster and shrimp
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that's 12 cents on the week and 11% for the year. double since president obama took office. republican candidates are pointing that out, trying to turn it against the president. they're also making a lot of big promises. here is newt gingrich at wednesday's cnn debate. >> i have developed a program for american energy so no future president will ever bow to a saudi king again. and so every american can look forward to $2.50 a gallon gasoline. >> speaker gingrich like santorum blames high prices on president obama's failed middle east policies. his decision to put the pipeline from canada to the gulf of mexico on hold. >> think about what this president is doing. here we are now facing coming up into summertime, when if we had a pipeline being built right now, and it could be built right now, right now, the president could sign an order to build the pipeline. we would have the construction jobs and the knowledge of the industry that all of the production would be coming online. >> senator santorum has gone further recently saying about the obama administration, quote, they wa
that's 12 cents on the week and 11% for the year. double since president obama took office. republican candidates are pointing that out, trying to turn it against the president. they're also making a lot of big promises. here is newt gingrich at wednesday's cnn debate. >> i have developed a program for american energy so no future president will ever bow to a saudi king again. and so every american can look forward to $2.50 a gallon gasoline. >> speaker gingrich like santorum blames...
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good luck next week. >> thank you, piers. >>> coming up, a star-studded new video from the obama campaign. i'll talk to the award-winning director who made, david guggenheim. p >>> how do we understand this d the yummy cereal? yummy. [ woman ] lower cholesterol. [ man 2 ] yummy. i got that wrong didn't i? [ male announcer ] want great taste and whole grain oats that can help lower cholesterol? honey nut cheerios. >>> how do we understand this president and his time in office? do we look at the day's headlines or do we remember what we, as a country, have been through? >> that was the latest salvo from president obama's re-election campaign, "the road we've traveled" is a glitzy 17-minute video narrated by tom hanks and directed by the man behind "an unconvenient truth" and "waiting for superman," david guggenheim. another fascinating project. it's not really a film or a documentary, it's an election campaign promo, right? >> it's a film, piers. and you know, my m.o. is i make movies about things i care very passionately about. and i believe this guy is an extraordinary president, and i wa
good luck next week. >> thank you, piers. >>> coming up, a star-studded new video from the obama campaign. i'll talk to the award-winning director who made, david guggenheim. p >>> how do we understand this d the yummy cereal? yummy. [ woman ] lower cholesterol. [ man 2 ] yummy. i got that wrong didn't i? [ male announcer ] want great taste and whole grain oats that can help lower cholesterol? honey nut cheerios. >>> how do we understand this president and his...
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next week. unlike the u.s., israel believes iran has made the decision to go ahead with a weapons program. how close could iran be to the bomb? the so-called red line? experts tell cnn by early next year, iran could have enough uranium enriched to the 20% level. if that happens, it would be easy for iran to further enrich to weapons-grade material to make a bomb. turning it into weapons-grade nuclear material could take just weeks, and inspectors might never know about it. right now those nuclear inspectors want to get back into parchin, into the base even if they can't find evidence of a test they want iran to agree that inspectors are allowed to go wherever they wish. >> these next months are critical. >> absolutely. u.s. watching, israel watching, the world is watching to try to determine what iran's next steps will be. >> we'll see what happens when the prime minister meets with president obama. >> serious talks upcoming. >> thanks very much for that. >>> a source of whispers and fears for a
next week. unlike the u.s., israel believes iran has made the decision to go ahead with a weapons program. how close could iran be to the bomb? the so-called red line? experts tell cnn by early next year, iran could have enough uranium enriched to the 20% level. if that happens, it would be easy for iran to further enrich to weapons-grade material to make a bomb. turning it into weapons-grade nuclear material could take just weeks, and inspectors might never know about it. right now those...
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mike rogers is just back from a trip to israel last week. mr. chairman, let's go through some of these hot spots in the region quickly, because there are many. you were in israel, people in the united states, including high up in the obama administration think the prime minister is going to wait until may, and if he does not see iran backing down, he'll launch a preemptive strike, did you get that sense? >> i got the sense israel is incredibly serious about a strike on their nuclear weapons program. they have a very different set of eyes on this problem. one is the fact that they've got problems on their southern border, egypt is growing unpredictab unpredictable, hamas a getting stronger, hezbollah, their argument is if that nuclear umbrella comes over iran, it's dangerous to their very existence, let alone a middle east arms race -- nuclear arms race in the middle east, that they are going to have to do something. if you look at it through their perspective, they have a hard choice to make here. >> did you try to disabuse them of their perspec
mike rogers is just back from a trip to israel last week. mr. chairman, let's go through some of these hot spots in the region quickly, because there are many. you were in israel, people in the united states, including high up in the obama administration think the prime minister is going to wait until may, and if he does not see iran backing down, he'll launch a preemptive strike, did you get that sense? >> i got the sense israel is incredibly serious about a strike on their nuclear...
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president barack obama has apologized, but does the united states need to do anything else? journalist an author sebastian younger is no stranger to afghanistan. his latest book "war" is about the time he spent with u.s. troops there and he comes out front tonight. sebastian, good to see you. president obama's apologized, so has the commander general allen in afghanistan and he told abc news that that apology so far is working. here he is. >> the reason that it was important is the same reason that the commander on the ground, general allen, apologized, and that is to save lives and to make sure our troops who are there right now are not placed in further danger per. >> it is hard to tell. do you think it has improved it with that apology? >> it calmed things down. we're not out of the woods yet. >> do you think it calmed things down? >> well, every child is taught that if you offend someone who you care you, you apologize. i think that's intuitively clear to everyone. there's a lot of resentment in afghanistan about the u.s. presence there. it wasn't that way ten years ago.
president barack obama has apologized, but does the united states need to do anything else? journalist an author sebastian younger is no stranger to afghanistan. his latest book "war" is about the time he spent with u.s. troops there and he comes out front tonight. sebastian, good to see you. president obama's apologized, so has the commander general allen in afghanistan and he told abc news that that apology so far is working. here he is. >> the reason that it was important is...
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this week? i was. i did think that was a missed opportunity. obviously he's concerned about the election. he's also our president. i think that just as he gets a little extra bang for the buck when he gives a speech opposed to romney giving it he has a responsibility to take this time, the u.n. general assembly once a year and meet a few more crucial leaders. i think that was unfortunate that he left the heavy lifting for hillary clinton. >> when i talked to mahmoud ahmadinejad he was keen to try to move on the game in the middle east by saying america's place is not to continue to get involved. you can already see he says a lot of difficulties are rising from intervention. let democracy, freedom, whatever you want to call it come organically through the people. very self serving to say this. the last thing he would allow in his own country. >> or syria. >> where he is almost certainly helping out his friend assad. >> i was amused in regards to syria, he said we are friends with both sides. >> o
this week? i was. i did think that was a missed opportunity. obviously he's concerned about the election. he's also our president. i think that just as he gets a little extra bang for the buck when he gives a speech opposed to romney giving it he has a responsibility to take this time, the u.n. general assembly once a year and meet a few more crucial leaders. i think that was unfortunate that he left the heavy lifting for hillary clinton. >> when i talked to mahmoud ahmadinejad he was...
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. >>> >>> somewhat overlooked in president obama's budget proposal this week was a section about saving money on money. turns out it costs 2.4 cents to make every american penny. if they change the mix of metals used, the cost will go down. that brings me to my question of the week -- how many pennies does the u.s. mint make every year? is it, a, 43 million? b, 430 million. c, 4.3 billion. or d, 43 billion. stay tuned, we'll tell you the correct answer. make sure you go to cnn.com/fareed for ten more questions. while you're there check out the rest of our offerings on our global public square website and follow me on facebook and twitter as well. and if you ever miss a show, you can now find full video episodes of "gps" on the itunes tv store. go directly there typing itunes.com/fareed in your browser. this week's book is "coming apart" by charles murray. it's the hot policy book now. in it murray explains white america is now essentially divided into two groups that live, work, marry, and fraternize together, cannot comprehend each other's lives. on the one hand an upper class elite, a
. >>> >>> somewhat overlooked in president obama's budget proposal this week was a section about saving money on money. turns out it costs 2.4 cents to make every american penny. if they change the mix of metals used, the cost will go down. that brings me to my question of the week -- how many pennies does the u.s. mint make every year? is it, a, 43 million? b, 430 million. c, 4.3 billion. or d, 43 billion. stay tuned, we'll tell you the correct answer. make sure you go to...
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responding to charges from several media outlets and the obama campaign that he was part of bain four years after he said he left. listen to him earlier this week. >> if you're responding, you're losing. >> john avlon, michael, rahmin. michael, this is kind of like mitt, he can't seem to get out of his own way sometimes. he responded. >> when you're responding badly, you're losing. that's the second tier version of it. it really was not a very effective response i didn't think. because it sounded like he was clinging to technicalities. saying, well, i owned the entity, but i wasn't managing bain capital, sounds sort of like no controlling legal authority or something like that. he should have from the perspective, my own perspective, not only as a lawyer but actually as a former campaign hand, he should sit down and answer the questions at length. but he may not want to do that because that gets to the issue of his taxes and it's hard to do that without -- >> it's hard to separate those two things, john. that was my argument yesterday. i thought i was very frustrated. he needs to sit
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and with election day two weeks from tomorrow, it is all tied. look at this. 47 and 47, the latest cnn poll of polls, five nonpartisan surveys, all averaged together. 47% for romney. 47% for the president. both sides call ohio a must-win. it is going tougher and tighter to obama, leading romney just by three points. this is our new ohio poll of polls. and average of three surveys taken since that second debate. and that brings us to florida. tonight's debate and our dana bash. dana, incumbent president oftentimes, they have the advantage, they have sat in that office as commander in chief for four years when it comes to foreign policy debates. i understand romney will be drawing on his experience as a ceo. shou how is that? >> reporter: one of the things i'm told he has been practicing is to try to not only draw on his experience as a ceo, but try to make a connection between being a commander in chief, being somebody who is responsible for very important issues around the globe, to what he has done as a ceo, and i talked to dan senior, who is a
and with election day two weeks from tomorrow, it is all tied. look at this. 47 and 47, the latest cnn poll of polls, five nonpartisan surveys, all averaged together. 47% for romney. 47% for the president. both sides call ohio a must-win. it is going tougher and tighter to obama, leading romney just by three points. this is our new ohio poll of polls. and average of three surveys taken since that second debate. and that brings us to florida. tonight's debate and our dana bash. dana, incumbent...
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left the obama administration. he wrote a really provocative piece in "new york times" a couple weeks ago saying there is time for diplomacy, for negotiations, for inspections to work with iran, so i want to pick his brain on that. i'm also anxious to hear what he says on this feud that's broken out between john mccain and the obama administration on whether or not to launch air strikes to deal with syria, the brutal crackdown on the protesters. i'm anxious to hear what dennis has to say. >> what, with regard to iran, wloold be i guess the breaking point for the u.s. to then say, okay, we'll help? >> president obama keeps saying they're not -- the u.s. will not allow them to have a nuclear bomb, he says flatly and said this several times over the past few days, there is no u.s. policy of containment, of containing a nuclear-armed iran, as there was with the old soviet union, for example, there was a policy of containment throughout the '50s, '60s '70s until the collapse of the soviet union. but you know, that thres
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and there's no doubt that president obama tested the limits this week. two november battleground states that had the unmistakable look and feel of campaign rallies. >> i want this forever to be a country where everybody gets a fair shot. and everybody's doing their fair share and everybody's playing by the same set of rules. >> now, truth is, this president is as aggressive as they come in using official events and travel to make points vital to his reelection effort. but it's also true he is hardly unique. and, in fact, his record is f r fairly comparable to his republican predecessor. >> some respond a little differently than i will. they want to increase federal spending dramatically. the problem with that plan is, somebody has to pay for it. and that somebody's going to be you. that's who will pay for it. >> now, here are the numbers. since filing his reelection papers a year ago, president obama has taken 61 domestic trips and 26 of those included fundraisers. and roughly the same period in the 2004 reelection cycle, president bush took 61 domestic
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. >> when president obama makes his state of the union speech next week, would you like to see him do that kind of speech? what they call the malaise speech, but actually was a direct message to people. yes, we know times are tough. yes, we know that unemployment figures are very, very high. we know people are suffering. but actually, the first thing americans should be doing right now is self-starting, getting back on their feet, finding ways to make a living. doing the type of entrepreneurial thing that you did when you were young. >> well, i don't want to tell president obama how to make a speech, he's a much better speechmaker than i am. but i think always to tell the truth in a sometimes blatant way, even though it might be temporarily unpopular, is the best approach. let the american people know the facts as expressed to them very clearly and very concisely and inspirationally by the president who's in the white house. i think is always very good. and we need to be told the truth. you know, we're now approaching $15 trillion in debt, and if we do everything we're supposed to do,
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good luck next week. >> thank you, piers. >>> coming up, a star-studded new video from the obama campaign. i'll talk to the award-winning director who made it, david guggenheim. for 80 years, we've been inspired by you. and we've been honored to walk with you to help you get where you want to be. ♪ because your moment is now. let nothing stand in your way. learn more at keller.edu. this was the gulf's best letourism season in years.way. all because so many people came to louisiana... they came to see us in florida... make that alabama... make that mississippi. the best part of the gulf is wherever you choose... and now is a great time to discover it. this year millions of people did. we set all kinds of records. next year we're out to do even better. so come on down to louisiana... florida... alabama... mississippi. we can't wait to see you. brought to you by bp and all of us who call the gulf home. >>> how do we understand this president and his time in office? do we look at the day's headlines or do we remember what we, as a country, have been through? >> that was the latest salvo fro
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the president, as we know, signed a new security cooperation pact with israel this week. and he said it's because we cannot stand silent when enemies of israel go after israel, et cetera. it seemed to me that that was intended directly for president obama. >> reporter: it certainly was, candy. because that was pretty blunt, if you will. he didn't mejs the president by name. the argument that the president has been making and his supporters have been making is that the u.s./israeli military-to-miliry relationship, intelligence-to-intelligence community relationship, is better than it's ever been. and on that point, romney seemed to acknowledge that, that the military and intelligence cooperation between washington and jerusalem is very, very strong. it's where romney then went on to say, but that's not enough. you have to stand with israel even when israel is being criticized at international forums, whether at the united nations or elsewhere. and the president of the united states can't criticize israel's government openly publicly to a certain degree. i think he was refe
the president, as we know, signed a new security cooperation pact with israel this week. and he said it's because we cannot stand silent when enemies of israel go after israel, et cetera. it seemed to me that that was intended directly for president obama. >> reporter: it certainly was, candy. because that was pretty blunt, if you will. he didn't mejs the president by name. the argument that the president has been making and his supporters have been making is that the u.s./israeli...
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and what has happened over this past few weeks is there have been a large number of people from the obama administration coming into israel and what many people deem the don't bomb iran tour. where the obama administration has been trying to calm the tension between iran and israel, trying to get israel to back away from the idea of a pre-emptive strike and let diplomatic maneuvers as well as the increased sanctions run their course. mitt romney trying to differentiate himself in some ways, but he did back down a little. he certainly stopped short of saying he would endorse a strike by israel on iran. but some tough talk. he also talked about jerusalem and made some very controversial statements saying he believes jerusalem was the capitol of israel. that being controversy because no sitting president since 1967 has actually recognized jerusalem as israel's capital. the palestinians believe east jerusalem is their capital in a two-state solution, so the palestinians pretty upset with what romney had to say when he was standing just outside the wall of the old city. >> thank you so much. a
and what has happened over this past few weeks is there have been a large number of people from the obama administration coming into israel and what many people deem the don't bomb iran tour. where the obama administration has been trying to calm the tension between iran and israel, trying to get israel to back away from the idea of a pre-emptive strike and let diplomatic maneuvers as well as the increased sanctions run their course. mitt romney trying to differentiate himself in some ways, but...
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speak with hud-approved housing counselors free of charge at... >>> this week president obama and defense secretary leon panetta outlined a new strategy for a leaner military with smaller goals. we cannot any more fight two major wars at the same time. my next two guests from washington are experts at deciphering the near and long-term consequences of these cuts. lawrence korb is former assistant secretary of defense. he's now senior fellow at the center for american progress. two t michael o'hanlon is a senior at brookings a brookings&director of foreign policy. was it ever realistic to believe that the united states could fight two major wars at the same time, just in terms of the energy, time commitment pressures, i mean, what we saw when we were fighting iraq surely was -- reality is that this was always a planning device, or do i have it wrong? >> i think you're mostly right, fareed. even in the cold war when we had larger forces, the vietnam war drained a lot of capability from europe. and that had been true as well in korea. i think you're basically correct. therefore, you can't ma
speak with hud-approved housing counselors free of charge at... >>> this week president obama and defense secretary leon panetta outlined a new strategy for a leaner military with smaller goals. we cannot any more fight two major wars at the same time. my next two guests from washington are experts at deciphering the near and long-term consequences of these cuts. lawrence korb is former assistant secretary of defense. he's now senior fellow at the center for american progress. two t...
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the obama campaign has to make. do we keep spending as much as $5 million a week just to hold our own? that's coming out of the campaign. or do they decide to reduce spending in florida and not give it up completely? both not accepting public financing. we are in a new world of freer spending. do they want to decide we need to build a fire wall here on ohio. the same thing is happening. half of the ad spending by the obama campaign and a smaller slice by romney and getting help from the republican super pacs and the president getting less help from the democrats super pacs. the president is going to have to make decisions. in a state of colorado, you are spending about half from the obama campaign fund and less help from the super pacs. you look at this map and decide what we get for the money. are we moving the polls or holding our own. if you are holding your own, cut back there and move it up here into the midwest where this race is going to be decided. i want to switch the map before i go into the discussion. he
the obama campaign has to make. do we keep spending as much as $5 million a week just to hold our own? that's coming out of the campaign. or do they decide to reduce spending in florida and not give it up completely? both not accepting public financing. we are in a new world of freer spending. do they want to decide we need to build a fire wall here on ohio. the same thing is happening. half of the ad spending by the obama campaign and a smaller slice by romney and getting help from the...
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strength of barack obama's. really sense the vietnam war for 40 years, the democrats were always playing defense on foreign policy. the republican party was seen as the strong party, the the tough party and obama, more than any democrat before him, was able to reverse that. >> he's been able to do that on libya. >> it was osamain laden, was libya, judiciously scaling back and he had a 15-point advantage. that has been eroded. >> i think the context here has changed dramatically from what we thought it was from about two months ago when it looked like barack obama would come into this debate, a fairly sleepy affair in which he would have the upper hand. in the the last two months, things have changed. not only has his lead been cut, but the world is in much more turmoil now and we're going to have a lot tonight about the turmoil in the middle east. >> and the romney people are saying there are a lot more questions than answers about b libya. >> and it's the final debate and there's huge pressure on him because th
strength of barack obama's. really sense the vietnam war for 40 years, the democrats were always playing defense on foreign policy. the republican party was seen as the strong party, the the tough party and obama, more than any democrat before him, was able to reverse that. >> he's been able to do that on libya. >> it was osamain laden, was libya, judiciously scaling back and he had a 15-point advantage. that has been eroded. >> i think the context here has changed...
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as he was speaking to the annual gathering of the veterans of foreign wars this week, charging obama with weakness, betrayal and mendacity, nbc news and "the wall street journal" released a new poll. it turns out on handling foreign policy, americans prefer obama to romney by a whopping 15 points. romney's principal charge against obama is that he has angered america's allies and emboldened its enemies. >> shabby treatment of one of our finest friends. >> well, it turns out again that there's some recently released data that contradicts the claim. . the pew foundation released one of its global surveys in june. soliciting opinions from several countries around the world. when asked if they have some or a lot of trust in president obama, the numbers are overwhelmingly positive across most of the world. in britain, for example, which was romney's first stop on his foreign tour, 80% of people trust obama compared with 16% who trusted george w. bush. most countries surveyed have much higher approval ratings of america in 2012 than they did in 2008 when bush was president. and by the way,
as he was speaking to the annual gathering of the veterans of foreign wars this week, charging obama with weakness, betrayal and mendacity, nbc news and "the wall street journal" released a new poll. it turns out on handling foreign policy, americans prefer obama to romney by a whopping 15 points. romney's principal charge against obama is that he has angered america's allies and emboldened its enemies. >> shabby treatment of one of our finest friends. >> well, it turns...
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a couple of weeks ago when rick santorum said that going to college made barack obama, wanting kids to go to college made mitt romney a snob. he didn't have much to say. he used that bad word about the gorge town law student. mitt romney still didn't have a lot of say. that's the kind of thing that americans look for you to stand up and corral your people and say we've got too far. let's get back to the center of the debate. and that's what i think mitt romney -- >> he did give the you know, the least shutdown kind of comment about rush limbaugh. certainly rick santorum was much stronger in saying it was absurd. there's also been a backlash to the rush limbaugh situation. a hawaii station has dropped him as well. armed forces did not. he apologized again today saying he had dropped to the level of the left. here he is. >> i descended to their level. when i used those two words to describe sandra. that was my error. i became like them and i again, sincerely apologize for using those two words. >> at the -- when this first happened, what do you think went through mitt romney's head? he s
a couple of weeks ago when rick santorum said that going to college made barack obama, wanting kids to go to college made mitt romney a snob. he didn't have much to say. he used that bad word about the gorge town law student. mitt romney still didn't have a lot of say. that's the kind of thing that americans look for you to stand up and corral your people and say we've got too far. let's get back to the center of the debate. and that's what i think mitt romney -- >> he did give the you...
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you have heard president obama say that while the u.s. would not arm the rebels directly, the u.s. would facilitate that arming and that's been happening through gutter and through the saw saudis. you have heard mitt romney say he would do even more. the essential problem is no one has a good sense of what the loilts are of these individual rebel groups. and increasingly it looks like the jihadists have gotten the lion's share of the arms. that's not the way this program was supposed to go. >> is there one question you're looking for in the foreign policy debate? >> there is one thing i'm looking for. you know, we've got a pretty good sense of when president obama will and will not intervene in military action aaround the world. has been very hesitant on syria. we don't have a very good idea on governor romney's stand ards of when he would act. would it only be when american national interest is threatened? would it be in a humanitarian case like syria? would he act against iran unilaterally because he thinks it would be better for the united states do see thannish real? >> i'm loo
you have heard president obama say that while the u.s. would not arm the rebels directly, the u.s. would facilitate that arming and that's been happening through gutter and through the saw saudis. you have heard mitt romney say he would do even more. the essential problem is no one has a good sense of what the loilts are of these individual rebel groups. and increasingly it looks like the jihadists have gotten the lion's share of the arms. that's not the way this program was supposed to go....
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we begin with the president's plans for the week. >> this week president obama heads back out on the campaign trail flying to nevada a state hit hard by the mortgage crisis and will visit the state of ohio where he leads in the polls. both of the states can decide who wins the white house. and then the president heads to new york city, a fundraiser to raise much needed campaign cash. >> in florida after campaigning separately for a week mitt romney and paul ryan reunite and team up for a big rally in new hampshire. later in the week both men hold a lot of fundraisers in the crucial last week leading up to the republican national convention in tampa. >> i'm poppy harlow in new york. wall street will be watching for key corporate earnings. he will hear from dell, lowes and barnes and noble. we will get the minutes from the federal reserve's latest meeting to shed light on economic conditions across the country. also ahead the latest new and existing home sales report looking for signs of continued recovery. on friday we wrap up the week with the latest durable goods numbers. we will ke
we begin with the president's plans for the week. >> this week president obama heads back out on the campaign trail flying to nevada a state hit hard by the mortgage crisis and will visit the state of ohio where he leads in the polls. both of the states can decide who wins the white house. and then the president heads to new york city, a fundraiser to raise much needed campaign cash. >> in florida after campaigning separately for a week mitt romney and paul ryan reunite and team up...
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two massive issues at the end of this political week. one is what to do about iran, particularly given this very effective use i thought of that bomb chart netanyahu came up with. secondly, where are we now with the israel/palestine settlement if at all? tony blair made quite encouraging remarks to me last night but he's trying to be encouraging about it for quite some time. many of us feel there's a complete stalemate and until that gets resolved, iran and everything else just spins off it. >> i met with president abbas the other day and showed him a proposal i had made in a "wall street journal" article for how to end the deadlock. the big issue is who goes first, the israelis are saying no preconditions, the palestinians are saying first you have to freeze the israelis are saying look, we froze the settlements for nine months, you didn't come to the bargaining table. so the proposal i had made is first the palestinians have to come to the bargaining table. only then will there will be a settlement freeze and it will apply to those are
two massive issues at the end of this political week. one is what to do about iran, particularly given this very effective use i thought of that bomb chart netanyahu came up with. secondly, where are we now with the israel/palestine settlement if at all? tony blair made quite encouraging remarks to me last night but he's trying to be encouraging about it for quite some time. many of us feel there's a complete stalemate and until that gets resolved, iran and everything else just spins off it....
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when we come back, we'll play more of the things that gingrich said, particularly about president obama, i believe he said he's maybe the most dangerous president in history. we'll play you the sound bite. we'll have the panel talk about that. the coverage continues of the republican debate. we'll be back. all energy development comes with some risk, but proven technologies allow natural gas producers to supply affordable, cleaner energy, while protecting our environment. across america, these technologies protect air - by monitoring air quality and reducing emissions... ...protect water - through conservation and self-contained recycling systems... ... and protect land - by reducing our footprint and respecting wildlife. america's natural gas... domestic, abundant, clean energy to power our lives... that's smarter power today. >>> everybody who serves in the fire department, in the police department, not just the first responders but our national guard, whoever is going to respond, all of us are more at risk today, men and women, boys and girls, than at any time in the history of this
when we come back, we'll play more of the things that gingrich said, particularly about president obama, i believe he said he's maybe the most dangerous president in history. we'll play you the sound bite. we'll have the panel talk about that. the coverage continues of the republican debate. we'll be back. all energy development comes with some risk, but proven technologies allow natural gas producers to supply affordable, cleaner energy, while protecting our environment. across america, these...
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president obama addressed apaic last week. the pro israeli lobbying committee. he said, look, we have been watching iran very closely. we know they do not have nuclear weapons yet. israel agree with this on that. obama for his part is certainly sending a very clear signal to slow down, let's not rush into anything here. randy. >> richard green, thank you very much. appreciate that. nice to see you. >>> we're going to take you inside a police department that has started its own daily newscasts. plus, they haven't committed a crime, but these children are locked away behind bars. up next, you'll meet the cnn hero who is working to provide them with life's necessities. ♪ [ male announcer ] offering four distinct driving modes and lexus' dynamic handling, the next generation of lexus will not be contained. the all-new 2013 lexus gs. there's no going back. ♪ thmontgomery and back. abigail higgins had... ...a tree that bore the most rare and magical fruit. which provided for their every financial need. and then, in one blinding blink of an eye, their tree had give
president obama addressed apaic last week. the pro israeli lobbying committee. he said, look, we have been watching iran very closely. we know they do not have nuclear weapons yet. israel agree with this on that. obama for his part is certainly sending a very clear signal to slow down, let's not rush into anything here. randy. >> richard green, thank you very much. appreciate that. nice to see you. >>> we're going to take you inside a police department that has started its own...
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i think clearly it's bad news for president obama. that's what this is. because voters have been looking at jobs. they look at national security. but because of what the president i think fatally made a fatal mistake when he made this decision regarding roman catholic church. i think that this struck a chord with the american people. and that's why they sent a very strong signal because they're recognizing these issues are important. people do vote tear values when he had he go into the voting booth. i think that's what you saw the result with santorum. the voters haven't made up their mind yet which capped they're going to embrace. so depending on the issue that comes up that particular week, i think you seep sometimes a varied result at the ballot box. >> i just want to move on because of time here. listen, would you be open to running on the ticket as a vice president or taking a cabinet position? >> well, that isn't something that i've been approached about. that's not something i'm looking at. i'm looking at the battle. >> would you consider it. >>>
i think clearly it's bad news for president obama. that's what this is. because voters have been looking at jobs. they look at national security. but because of what the president i think fatally made a fatal mistake when he made this decision regarding roman catholic church. i think that this struck a chord with the american people. and that's why they sent a very strong signal because they're recognizing these issues are important. people do vote tear values when he had he go into the voting...
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we've seen his fund-raising numbers come up over the past week. i think if he continues do well in the debates and continues to do well with momentum moving into super tuesday, rocky santorum can do a number in march. >> yeah, but can rocky santorum really go all the way to the white house, maria? i would think he would be the candidate that the administration would love to go up against. >> well, there's no question about that, ted. that's certainly true. now, i -- the surge is for real. i think that mitt romney and newt gingrich need to take him seriously, and clearly they are. we're seeing mitt romney focusing all of his fire on rick santorum, which means they are taking him seriously. what we've learned from this political season is conventional wisdom has just completely gone out the window, and who knows what's going to happen. i believe, though, still the smart money is going to be on mitt romney, he's going to end up being the nominee. but the problem with that, and we saw that in his own speech at cpac, is he still has a tremendous way to
we've seen his fund-raising numbers come up over the past week. i think if he continues do well in the debates and continues to do well with momentum moving into super tuesday, rocky santorum can do a number in march. >> yeah, but can rocky santorum really go all the way to the white house, maria? i would think he would be the candidate that the administration would love to go up against. >> well, there's no question about that, ted. that's certainly true. now, i -- the surge is for...
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this week in washington two countries for the pentagon to continue to worry about. first up, syria, as the killing continues there. defense secretary leon panetta will be on capitol hill trying to explain to congress what the pentagon has in mind, if anything, about the crisis in that country. and as u.s. and israeli officials hold talks this week about the crisis over iran, the pentagon will also be on the hot seat trying to explain whether it has any new ideas about how to make iran turn away from its nuclear ambitions. >> reporter: i'm poppy harlow in new york. coming up on wall street, more earnings from companies including anheuser-busch, in bev, and ann taylor. the economy will be in focus ahead of that february jobs report set to be released and friday morning. we'll also get key manufacturing readings on monday and we're expecting business news out of apple. the company is holding an' vent on wednesday and all bets are it will release the ipad 3. >> reporter: i'm a.j. hammer. here is what we are watching this week. fran drescher's bold new move. the star of
this week in washington two countries for the pentagon to continue to worry about. first up, syria, as the killing continues there. defense secretary leon panetta will be on capitol hill trying to explain to congress what the pentagon has in mind, if anything, about the crisis in that country. and as u.s. and israeli officials hold talks this week about the crisis over iran, the pentagon will also be on the hot seat trying to explain whether it has any new ideas about how to make iran turn away...
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obama a few weeks ago was at the holocaust museum setting up a commission not having atrocities happen. there's no nice mechanism for dealing with the situation. >> it is a mess. thank you very much, ben. michael. copd makes it hard to breathe, so i wasn't playing much of a role in my own life, but with advair, i'm breathing better so now i can take the lead on a science adventure. advair is clinically proven to help significantly improve lung function. unlike most copd medications, advair contains both an anti-inflammatory and a long-acting bronchodilator, working together to help improve your lung function all day. advair won't replace fast-acting inhalers for sudden symptoms and should not be used more than twice a day. people with copd taking advair may have a higher chance of pneumonia. advair may increase your risk of osteoporosis and some eye problems. tell your doctor if you have a heart condition or high blood pressure before taking advair. if you're still having difficulty breathing, take the lead. ask your doctor if including advair could help improve your lung function. get
obama a few weeks ago was at the holocaust museum setting up a commission not having atrocities happen. there's no nice mechanism for dealing with the situation. >> it is a mess. thank you very much, ben. michael. copd makes it hard to breathe, so i wasn't playing much of a role in my own life, but with advair, i'm breathing better so now i can take the lead on a science adventure. advair is clinically proven to help significantly improve lung function. unlike most copd medications,...
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obama a few weeks ago was at the holocaust museum setting up a commission not having atrocities happen. there's no nice mechanism for dealing with the situation. >> it is a mess. thank you very much, ben, michael, dana. i'm sure we'll have you back very soon. >>> coming up next, only in america pays tribute to the greatest generation. [ female announcer ] irritated, itchy, summer skin? count on cortizone-10. with the strongest, nonprescription itch medicine for fast relief. and seven moisturizers. cortizone-10. feel the heal. >>> for tonight's only in america, this defining day exactly 68 years ago today, precisely 6:30 a.m., the world was saved. that was the moment that d-day began. 156,000 troops in the u.s. and u.k. and the allied nations stormed the beaches of normandy and france as the mission unfolded winston churchill praised general eisenhower. he said there was a brotherhood in arms between us and our friends of the united states. invasion changed the course of the war and of history. "life" magazine has now published rare and extraordinary rare color images from d-day. among
obama a few weeks ago was at the holocaust museum setting up a commission not having atrocities happen. there's no nice mechanism for dealing with the situation. >> it is a mess. thank you very much, ben, michael, dana. i'm sure we'll have you back very soon. >>> coming up next, only in america pays tribute to the greatest generation. [ female announcer ] irritated, itchy, summer skin? count on cortizone-10. with the strongest, nonprescription itch medicine for fast relief. and...
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reporter: that's right, brooke, two administration officials have confirmed to cnn that for several weeks now the military has been preparing these what-if scenarios looking at the assets, coming up with contingency plans in case president obama were to request the military option. that involves looking at what assets are out there, what sort of missions they would be able to perform if asked, and perhaps most importantly, what the risk to those troops, ships and planes would be. this is normally not the kind of thing that even gets to the president's desk unless it's requested, it's that preliminary. >> you ran through some of the options. do we have a realistic idea of -- i guess there wouldn't be a timetable yet. this is really just the what-if possible scenario. >> that's right. they're looking at several things. anything from humanitarian relief, expanding that program to providing support to the rebels or perhaps even military strikes on syria, although several officials say that is the most unlikely option. you know, several senators on capitol hill have put forward some options ab
reporter: that's right, brooke, two administration officials have confirmed to cnn that for several weeks now the military has been preparing these what-if scenarios looking at the assets, coming up with contingency plans in case president obama were to request the military option. that involves looking at what assets are out there, what sort of missions they would be able to perform if asked, and perhaps most importantly, what the risk to those troops, ships and planes would be. this is...
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i think barack obama is radical and not very competent, and people see that. he's likable. i would never beat obama in a personality contest. i wouldn't try. he's a very likable person. but the presidency is not about likability. it's about, are you capable of doing the job? are you capable of helping get jobs, are you capable of being that man. on the issue of capability, i think he has an enormous burden to carry. >> you mentioned sarah palin before the interview and her endorsement and you mentioned her the other day, that you would consider her for a position. have you thought more about that? i saw that, i said, wait a minute, what is he saying? >> i suggest there's a movie that was made about her. i think it was called "beyond defeated." it's a very interested document. when you go back and look at her career as mayor and on the ethics commission where she forced the republican state senator to resign and the campaign against the incomitant governor and the amount she cleaned up the state and how effective she was negotiaing with big oil, she has great capability if s
i think barack obama is radical and not very competent, and people see that. he's likable. i would never beat obama in a personality contest. i wouldn't try. he's a very likable person. but the presidency is not about likability. it's about, are you capable of doing the job? are you capable of helping get jobs, are you capable of being that man. on the issue of capability, i think he has an enormous burden to carry. >> you mentioned sarah palin before the interview and her endorsement and...
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and this morning, president obama campaigned in florida. and here's why. this is kind of amazing. the latest cnn poll shows a dead heat. 49% of likely voters supporting mitt romney. 48% supporting president obama. florida is astate that both candidates desperately need to win in order to get to that magic 270 electoral votes. and of course cnn is along for the ride. "outfront" tonight, john avalon traveling aboard cnn's election express. this evening in lakeland, florida, a city that sits literally in the heart of the i-4 corridor, known for swing voters. it's not just a swing state, john. it's the swing voters in that swing state. what are they telling you? >> reporter: listen, we've been talking today. it's fascinating. one said last night's debate did help make up her mind. for folks for president obama, a since of frustration, a former supporter said it's his responsibility to get things done. he's the president. doesn't matter how difficult it is. another person who is going to be voting for president obama instead of mitt romney says we need a president, not a boss. saying h
and this morning, president obama campaigned in florida. and here's why. this is kind of amazing. the latest cnn poll shows a dead heat. 49% of likely voters supporting mitt romney. 48% supporting president obama. florida is astate that both candidates desperately need to win in order to get to that magic 270 electoral votes. and of course cnn is along for the ride. "outfront" tonight, john avalon traveling aboard cnn's election express. this evening in lakeland, florida, a city that...
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more than two weeks after super storm sandy hit. >>> we begin with the big story. the latest on the benghazi hearings. joining me is pentagon correspondent barbara starr and intelligence correspondent suzanne kelly. welcome to you both. barbara, this is really fascinating me. so general petraeus who has been at the center of this huge scandal tomorrow morning will testify at a congressional hearing about benghazi, and your information from a very good source, i think is really, really significant. it's basically, i have been listening to you for the last couple of hours, petraeus basically says he knew the moment this happened that it was a group called answar al sharia and that after that there was a stream of other intelligence saying it may be linked to the video we all knew about but his belief was always that it was this group and they had to rule out the other intelligence before they could officially confirm it. is that right? >> that's pretty close to it, piers. very good source of mine who is directly familiar with what general petraeus plans to try and sa
more than two weeks after super storm sandy hit. >>> we begin with the big story. the latest on the benghazi hearings. joining me is pentagon correspondent barbara starr and intelligence correspondent suzanne kelly. welcome to you both. barbara, this is really fascinating me. so general petraeus who has been at the center of this huge scandal tomorrow morning will testify at a congressional hearing about benghazi, and your information from a very good source, i think is really, really...
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that's 12 cents on the week and 11% for the year. double since president obama took office. republican candidates are pointing that out, trying to turn it against the president. they're also making a lot of big promises. here is newt gingrich at wednesday's cnn debate. >> i have developed a program for american energy so no future president will ever bow to a saudi king again. and so every american can look forward to $2.50 a gallon gasoline. >> speaker gingrich like santorum blames high prices on president obama's failed middle east policies. his decision to put the pipeline from canada to the gulf of mexico on hold. >> think about what this president is doing. here we are now facing coming up into summertime, when if we had a pipeline being built right now, and it could be built right now, right now, the president could sign an order to build the pipeline. we would have the construction jobs and the knowledge of the industry that all of the production would be coming online. >> senator santorum has gone further recently saying about the obama administration, quote, they wa
that's 12 cents on the week and 11% for the year. double since president obama took office. republican candidates are pointing that out, trying to turn it against the president. they're also making a lot of big promises. here is newt gingrich at wednesday's cnn debate. >> i have developed a program for american energy so no future president will ever bow to a saudi king again. and so every american can look forward to $2.50 a gallon gasoline. >> speaker gingrich like santorum blames...
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i think barack obama is radical and not very competent, and people see that. he's likable. i would never beat obama in a personality contest. i wouldn't try. he's a very likable person. but the presidency is not about likability. it's about, are you capable of doing the job? are you capable of helping get jobs, are you capable of being that man. on the issue of capability, i think he has an enormous burden to carry. >> you mentioned sarah palin before the interview and her endorsement and you mentioned her the other day, that you would consider her for a position. have you thought more about that? i saw that, i said, wait a minute, what is he saying? >> i suggest there's a movie that was made about her. i think it was called "beyond defeated." it's a very interested document. when you go back and look at her career as mayor and on the ethics commission where she forced the republican state senator to resign and the campaign against the incomitant governor and the amount she cleaned up the state and how effective she was negotiating with big oil, she has great capability if
i think barack obama is radical and not very competent, and people see that. he's likable. i would never beat obama in a personality contest. i wouldn't try. he's a very likable person. but the presidency is not about likability. it's about, are you capable of doing the job? are you capable of helping get jobs, are you capable of being that man. on the issue of capability, i think he has an enormous burden to carry. >> you mentioned sarah palin before the interview and her endorsement and...
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romney versus obama. that is one week from tonight, 8:00 eastern, here on cnn. i jumped the gun. i wanted to talk about my cell phone, every single one of us has these, it is a necessity. what about the exposure to radiation. is it really -- is it really making you sick? dr. sanjay gupta will join me to explain what we can do to reduce the exposure next. across the u. the only time i've ever had a break is when i was on maternity leave. i have retired from doing this one thing that i loved. now, i'm going to be able to have the time to explore something different. it's like another chapter. has oats that can help lower cholesterol? and it tastes good? sure does! wow. it's the honey, it makes it taste so... well, would you look at the time... what's the rush? be happy. be healthy. actually... that way i could split my payments into little bite-size chunks. i mean you feel me right? yeah. uh, sir... ah... [ male announcer ] layaway's back. shop now and have more time to pay. walmart. silverado! the most dependable, longest lasting, full-size pickups on the road. so, what do you thi
romney versus obama. that is one week from tonight, 8:00 eastern, here on cnn. i jumped the gun. i wanted to talk about my cell phone, every single one of us has these, it is a necessity. what about the exposure to radiation. is it really -- is it really making you sick? dr. sanjay gupta will join me to explain what we can do to reduce the exposure next. across the u. the only time i've ever had a break is when i was on maternity leave. i have retired from doing this one thing that i loved....
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, for all he says, move gun legislation or talk about it in the last few weeks even after aurora. if anything, it tells you that the voices are not being drowned out. when it comes to guns, it's all very powerful and. >> after virginia tech, it shows that half of all americans oppose bans on assault weapons. you oppose that ban, too. it seems to make sense. is it enough, though, when we're talking about just one gun, one kind of gun? >> i think it avoids the real issue, which is the guns have gotten into the hands of people who have criminal intent or evil intent. and banning the guns is not going to stop someone from committing mass murders. that's two separate conversations. i'm a strong supporter of first amendment right, the right to bear guns, and that includes assault rifles. we need to look to the government to purchase these weapons, to be more responsible in gauging the rounds and how many are within a number of finite months. that would identify people who are a threat to society but i don't believe the government should come in and ban all weapons. one thing that ana sa
, for all he says, move gun legislation or talk about it in the last few weeks even after aurora. if anything, it tells you that the voices are not being drowned out. when it comes to guns, it's all very powerful and. >> after virginia tech, it shows that half of all americans oppose bans on assault weapons. you oppose that ban, too. it seems to make sense. is it enough, though, when we're talking about just one gun, one kind of gun? >> i think it avoids the real issue, which is the...
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gingrich concentrating exclusively on mississippi and alabama this we're this week. he attacks president obama who gingrich says wants higher gas prices. >> so the president's political consultants have said to him, this gingrich attack on the price of gasoline is dangerous. we've got to do something about it. and it's been fascinating. as you can tell when you watch, half of him wants to do the politically smart thing, which is to be for us paying less. the other half of him can't give up his left wing radical ideas. >> energy also the focus of a big debate back here -- would transport oil from canada down to the u.s. gulf coast. it needed 60 votes in the senate this afternoon but came up short, getting only 56. the house speaker john boehner says he cannot understand why the president is taking a go slow approach. >> personally lobbying against the keystone pipeline means the president of the united states is lobbying for sending north american energy to china and lobbying against american jobs. >> congressional course didn't dana bash joins us live from capitol hi
gingrich concentrating exclusively on mississippi and alabama this we're this week. he attacks president obama who gingrich says wants higher gas prices. >> so the president's political consultants have said to him, this gingrich attack on the price of gasoline is dangerous. we've got to do something about it. and it's been fascinating. as you can tell when you watch, half of him wants to do the politically smart thing, which is to be for us paying less. the other half of him can't give...
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today, a look at president obama and mitt romney's plans for the military. here is our foreign correspondent, barbara star. >> reporter: how many troops and just what weapons are needed to defend the nation. president obama and governor mitt romney each are making a different case. governor romney has said he wants to significantly add to our conventional forces. >> we must have a commitment not just to more ships and aircraft, but also in my view, more members of the armed forces. >> reporter: president obama wants a smaller conventional force, and five hundred million in pentagon cuts over the next ten years. >> and so long as i am commander-in-chief, we will sustain the strongest military the world has ever known. >> reporter: let's start with the romney plan. the candidate says he favors a larger force of naval ships and aircraft, but has not said how he would pay for it. romney has also said he wants to add 100,000 troops to the current force of 1.4 million. now, for a look at obama's plan. as part of 500 billion dollars in spending cuts, president obam
today, a look at president obama and mitt romney's plans for the military. here is our foreign correspondent, barbara star. >> reporter: how many troops and just what weapons are needed to defend the nation. president obama and governor mitt romney each are making a different case. governor romney has said he wants to significantly add to our conventional forces. >> we must have a commitment not just to more ships and aircraft, but also in my view, more members of the armed forces....
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obama a few weeks ago was at the holocaust museum setting up a commission not having atrocities happen. there's no nice mechanism for dealing with the situation. >> it is a mess. thank you very much, ben. michael. the top academic performers surprised some people. so did the country that came in 17th place. let's raise the bar and elevate our academic standards. let's do what's best for our students-by investing in our teachers. let's solve this. there it is ! there it is ! where ? where ? it's getting away ! where is it ? it's gone. we'll find it. any day can be an adventure. that's why we got a subaru. love wherever the road takes you. wow, there it is. to provide a better benefits package... oahhh! [ male announcer ] it made a big splash with the employees. [ duck yelling ] [ male announcer ] find out more at... [ duck ] aflac! [ male announcer ] ...forbusiness.com. ♪ ha ha! >> yeah, it really was. 68 years have gone by. it was incredible to me doing the reading on it, they still don't know how many ally soldiers died that day. >> ""life" magazine published rare images from d-day.
obama a few weeks ago was at the holocaust museum setting up a commission not having atrocities happen. there's no nice mechanism for dealing with the situation. >> it is a mess. thank you very much, ben. michael. the top academic performers surprised some people. so did the country that came in 17th place. let's raise the bar and elevate our academic standards. let's do what's best for our students-by investing in our teachers. let's solve this. there it is ! there it is ! where ? where...
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obama has had over the last few weeks, quote, extensive consultations, unquote, with leaders especially in the arab world. >> the president obviously got a busy schedule. he has a busy schedule all the time. you know, it is a fact that he has in recent weeks been intensively engaged in matters of foreign affairs, and that's part of being president. >> republicans have latched on to this scheduling comment saying mr. obama has had time to tape an interview yesterday with the women of "the view" but not talk with world leaders, especially benjamin netanyahu, who arrives tomorrow in new york. we checked and the official white house schedule shows a campaign appearance tomorrow and nothing else all week. joining us, senior political analyst, david gergen and fareed zakaria. the president has time for "the view" but not for meetings with world leaders. why would the white house open itself up to this kind of criticism so close to an election, especially considering all that's happening in the middle east, north africa and the middle east? >> anderson, it's almost inexplicable except this whi
obama has had over the last few weeks, quote, extensive consultations, unquote, with leaders especially in the arab world. >> the president obviously got a busy schedule. he has a busy schedule all the time. you know, it is a fact that he has in recent weeks been intensively engaged in matters of foreign affairs, and that's part of being president. >> republicans have latched on to this scheduling comment saying mr. obama has had time to tape an interview yesterday with the women of...
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. >>> oh, enough already with the positive obama campaign ads that popped up a week or so ago. it is time to get down and dirty. >> bain capital walked away with a lot of money they made off of this plan. we view mitt romney as a job destroyer. >> that's part of a two-minute tv ad that will air wednesday in five of the most critical presidential battle grounds, iowa, ohio, pennsylvania, virginia and colorado. >> to get up on national tv and brag about making jobs when he destroyed thousands of people's careers, lifetimes, just destroying people. >> bain capital is complaining the ad is a disportion and democrats that work at the firm are exasperated with team obama and so is the man that helped with the president with the auto industry bailout. >> i think the ad is unfair. i think mitt romney made a mistake talking about the fact that he created 100,000 jobs and bain capital's job was not to create 100,000 jobs or another number. it was to make profits for investors, most of whom were pension funds and endowments and foundations and it did su pushily well acting within the rule
. >>> oh, enough already with the positive obama campaign ads that popped up a week or so ago. it is time to get down and dirty. >> bain capital walked away with a lot of money they made off of this plan. we view mitt romney as a job destroyer. >> that's part of a two-minute tv ad that will air wednesday in five of the most critical presidential battle grounds, iowa, ohio, pennsylvania, virginia and colorado. >> to get up on national tv and brag about making jobs when...
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. >>> just over a week after president obama's ground breaking announcement supporting same-sex marriage, the naacp is following suit. the organization reiterated its mission to, quote, ensure the political, social and economic equality of all people. some in the black evangelical community have opposed the president's decision. >>> and the u.s. supreme court says it will tackle a major privacy dispute involving the government's foreign surveillance program. the government monitors search of foreign people. the american civil liberties union is challenging the law. the key issue, how do you challenge the law without proof that you're being spied on? the aclu calls that a catch-.22. >>> facebook is having a rough time on wall street. stock closed slightly over $34 per sharetoday. that's about 10%below its ipo pre of $38. other social mediaoc have also fallen srply over tt period. i think some people surprised. $34 is where it's at right now, wolf. >> maybe that initial ipo number was a little bit too high for investors. we'll see what the market does the rest of this week. thanks very muc
. >>> just over a week after president obama's ground breaking announcement supporting same-sex marriage, the naacp is following suit. the organization reiterated its mission to, quote, ensure the political, social and economic equality of all people. some in the black evangelical community have opposed the president's decision. >>> and the u.s. supreme court says it will tackle a major privacy dispute involving the government's foreign surveillance program. the government...
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will be addressing this week. political director mark preston joining us to talk about that. and we saw that romney made a point to respond to the point that rubio was not on the list. this is what he said. >> there are only two people in this country who know who are being vetted and who are not. and that is beth myers and myself. and i know beth well. she doesn't talk to anybody. the store i are was entirely false. marco rubio is being thoroughly vetted as part of the process. >> all right. mark, it is a pretty good move on his part politically and why do you think he did it and what do we know? >> well, in some ways it was kind of awkward. the fact that you had the likely republican presidential h no, ma'am -- nominee going out to say somebody is being vetted is not what we have seen traditionally. the process is to be closed and we are supposed to speculate in the media and list, but we never get to see the list, and yet, he has to come out several hours and many hours after this report on abc news that he was
will be addressing this week. political director mark preston joining us to talk about that. and we saw that romney made a point to respond to the point that rubio was not on the list. this is what he said. >> there are only two people in this country who know who are being vetted and who are not. and that is beth myers and myself. and i know beth well. she doesn't talk to anybody. the store i are was entirely false. marco rubio is being thoroughly vetted as part of the process. >>...
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cnn goes in depth on the issue of foreign policy this week. see how mitt romney differs from president obama over two looming issues internationally. first, iran's nuclear program. and secondly, the civil war in syria. the specifics from pentagon correspondent barbara starr. >> reporter: president barack obama and governor mitt romney agree on two crucial national security issues. iran will not be allowed to go nuclear. and syria will not use its chemical weapons. but if it looks like either might happen, they differ on what could trigger sending u.s. troops into action. on syria -- >> we have been very clear to the assad regime, but also to other players on the ground that a red line for us is we start saying a whole bunch of chemical weapons moving around or being utilized. that would change my calculus. that would change my equation. >> reporter: the white house won't say what it will do if the red line is crossed. seizing dozens of chemical weapon sites would be tough, requiring tens of thousands of troops on the ground. romney has openly
cnn goes in depth on the issue of foreign policy this week. see how mitt romney differs from president obama over two looming issues internationally. first, iran's nuclear program. and secondly, the civil war in syria. the specifics from pentagon correspondent barbara starr. >> reporter: president barack obama and governor mitt romney agree on two crucial national security issues. iran will not be allowed to go nuclear. and syria will not use its chemical weapons. but if it looks like...